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In more than a decade. >> the family seemed to be having trouble grasping what had happened. one of them said to me, you know, we dont have lead in africa. in africa, lead is bullets. youre getting shot at. >> investigators now checked the rest of the family to see if they had also been exposed to lead. the tests showed they were all within normal levels. >> there was something unique to sunday. it wasnt something that they had he commonly all been exposed to that created this horrific problem f...

We report on mostly terrifying things terrorist attacks and kris jenner none of those things come close to the massive terrifying mysteries of space, scientists have discovered a monday terrorster black hole. its at the center of our radiation source that puts out a million billion times more energy than the sun. black holes are insanely dense. nasa suggests when you think of black holes you should envision a star ten times more massive than the sun squashed into an area of size of new york. the...

Having trouble grasping what had happened. one of them said to me, you know, we dont very lead in africa. in africa, lead is bullets. youre getting shot at institute investigators now checked the rest of the family to see if theyd also been exposed to lead. the tests showed they were all within normal levels. >> there was something unique to sunday. it wasnt something that they had he commonly all been exposed to that created this horrific problem for all of the family. >> how could a killer dos...

The spent fuel poles were up at the top. the damaged cores are and the other reactors. that would be much more effective. that can remove the heat more effectively. it probably acts as better shielding than sand or soil. if they are particularly concerned about shielding issues, then anything between the radiation source and people is better than nothing. >> mr. paulison when i was still there yesterday, international aid organizations were reassessing where to let workers go. the u.s. military ...

Zone, theyll have radiation suits to protect them. between the boots and the gloves, you do lose a little decks tarmxterity so there will things troops cant do as well. the as a matter of fact a full-face air-purifying respirator which means theres no air supply in there. but these cartridges on the side would filter out any radioactive particles. which brings up yet another problem -- communication. it would be a lot harder for the team to understand what im saying while im wearing this mask. a...

Pressure cookers. theyre very high pressure and very difficult to inject water into them. thats the main problem until a couple of days ago. the spent fuel pools are open. there is no problem in getting water to them if you do it at the right time and with the right tools. so its two different problems. what i believe theyre saying is, theres a potential for these pools to run dry and it creates an intense radiation source at the plant. that doesnt mean there is contamination. there are two type...

Limit peoples exposure to radiation in japan, there were warnings today that accompanied the latest forecasts there for rain or snow in parts of that country. on japanese television, people who live near the fukushima reactors were warned to keep their bodies covered up, to not let rain or snow touch their skin. there are really three things to consider about the way radiation is moving around japan. one is, of course, just how much of it there is. there is just concern for the sheer amount of r...

Quantitatively or qualitatively new concern today? is that potentially a worse radiation source in terms of human exposure than what weve already been worried about for the past few days? joining us now, arnold gunderson, an executive from the nuclear industry turned safety watchdog. he worked on clean number at three mile island and on the class action lawsuit resulting from that disaster in the 1990s. mr. gunderson, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> are these latest leak...

Spent fuel rods a quantitatively or qualitatively new concern today? is that potentially a worse radiation source in terms of human exposure than what weve already been worried about the past few days? joining us now, arnold gunneder son, an executive from the nuclear industry turned safety watchdog. worked on three mile island cleanup and on the class action lawsuit resulting from that disaster in the 1990s. mr. gunneder son, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> are the leak...

About preventing significant exposure. out of desire to limit exposure to radiation in japan, there were warnings today that accompanied the latest forecasts there for rain or snow in parts of the country. on japanese television, people that live near the reactors were warned to keep bodies covered up, not let rain or snow touch their skin. there are three things to consider about the way radiation is moving around japan. one is of course just how much of it there is. just concern for the sheer ...